Sick & tired of single use plastics in supermarkets
I'm sick and tired of this pathetic excuse of environmental care that we have with single use plastics.
Shame on the government for "ticking the box" thinking they made any change when they banned single use carry plastic bags, and straws. This changes nothing!
Every time we go shopping I feel bad! Here's an example of a fraction of what I see.
* Spinach/herbs - in single use plastic
* Cucumber - individually wrapped in single use plastic (WHY??)
* Yakult - the sweet ones are in plastic bottles, but the sugar free's plastic bottles are each wrapped in single use plastic (again, why?!)
* Juices in plastic bottles with single-use plastic tightly wrapped around the bottles. Some don't have an easy way to remove it (how many of us do anyway?).
* Toast - wrapped in single use plastic.
* Cereal - cardboard box with single use plastic inside
* Oat cookies - cardboard box of 20 cookies, with each 4 cookies wrapped in single use plastic
* Capsicums - 4 wrapped in single use plastic
* Fruits - rolls and rolls of single use plastic you can use, one for each type of fruit you get
* Tomatoes - in a cardboard plate, wrapped in single use plastic
* Rice - 1kg in single use plastic
* Indome Noodles - each noodle wrapped in single use plastic, with plastic saches inside, and all ~5 wrapped in single use plastic.
* Meat - on plastic trays covered in single use plastic (do you really put meat/chicken covered plastic in your recycling, ending up with a nasty stench? Or do you end up throwing it in the bin?)
* Nuts - yep.. single use plastic bags to fill with nuts & weigh.
* Cheese - wrapped in single use plastics
The list sadly goes on, and on, and on...
Add to the above, that you can easily and very cheaply buy single use plastic bags from AliExpress, as well as straws, making the local ban completely useless.
For example,
www.aliexpress.com...
www.aliexpress.com...
Also add to that how difficult it is for us to recycle (if it even ends up recycled) single use plastics. There's nowhere in Warkworth that accepts said plastics. Closest is Whangaparaoa. You really think everyone of us north of the tunnel will be saving plastics and making the trip down?
We're not doing near enough here. The current 2022-2025 phase out feels like more of a campaign promise to win votes, than something that will actually make a difference.
And I haven't mentioned other plastics like the "recyclable" ones where you end up using once & throwing away anyway! Or the commercial use of plastics at shocking levels.
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Worst Xmas ever?
There's a a lot of planning that goes into Christmas day and sometimes things just don't go to plan. But it can be a good thing - a family mishap or hilarious memory that you can laugh about in Christmases to come.
Whether you burnt the dinner or were stranded at an airport...
Share your Christmas mishaps below!
⚠️ DOGS DIE IN HOT CARS. If you love them, don't leave them. ⚠️
It's a message we share time and time again, and this year, we're calling on you to help us spread that message further.
Did you know that calls to SPCA about dogs left inside hot cars made up a whopping 11% of all welfare calls last summer? This is a completely preventable issue, and one which is causing hundreds of dogs (often loved pets) to suffer.
Here are some quick facts to share with the dog owners in your life:
👉 The temperature inside a car can heat to over 50°C in less than 15 minutes.
👉 Parking in the shade and cracking windows does little to help on a warm day. Dogs rely on panting to keep cool, which they can't do in a hot car.
👉 This puts dogs at a high risk of heatstroke - a serious condition for dogs, with a mortality rate between 39%-50%.
👉 It is an offence under the Animal Welfare Act to leave a dog in a hot vehicle if they are showing signs of heat stress. You can be fined, and prosecuted.
SPCA has created downloadable resources to help you spread the message even further. Posters, a flyer, and a social media tile can be downloaded from our website here: www.spca.nz...
We encourage you to use these - and ask your local businesses to display the posters if they can. Flyers can be kept in your car and handed out as needed.
This is a community problem, and one we cannot solve alone. Help us to prevent more tragedies this summer by sharing this post.
On behalf of the animals - thank you ❤️
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